Another in a series of quick moving upper level systems moved through Oklahoma as residents packed shopping malls the day after Christmas. This system was similar to the one that passed through the region several days earlier, with a quick burst of moderate to heavy snow.
Every event with a place to put it; 12 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS OUN wrote it up.
Another in a series of quick moving upper level systems moved through Oklahoma as residents packed shopping malls the day after Christmas. This system was similar to the one that passed through the region several days earlier, with a quick burst of moderate to heavy snow. Snowfall totals were generally one to three inches, and these occurred mainly over central Oklahoma. However, isolated locations in Seminole and Pottawatomie counties received four to six inches. Due to the time of day that the precipitation occurred, several accidents occurred, but few injuries were reported. Monetary damages were estimated.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Norman, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Dec 26, 9:54 AM CST, 1 hour 6 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 954 AM CST WED DEC 26 2007 .DISCUSSION... THE SOUTHEAST PRECIPITATION AREA HAS EXPANDED AND DEVELOPED SOME HIGHER REFLECTIVITIES THIS MORNING. THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THIS AREA HAS CHANGED OVER TO SNOW... WHICH MAY ALLOW SOME ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR TWO IN THE GENERALLY AREA FROM PAULS VALLEY AND DAVIS NORTHEAST TO ADA... SEMINOLE AND HOLDENVILLE. BUT THE DURATION OF THE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AND WARM GROUND TEMPERATURES SHOULD PRECULDE ANY MORE THAN A COUPLE OF INCHES EXCEPT IN ISOLATED SPOTS. ALSO HAVE HAD A BRIEF PERIOD OF SLEET HERE IN NORMAN AND REPORTED AT OTHER LOCATIONS WHEN PRECIPITATION BEGINS. THE WESTERN PRECIP AREA IS PRIMARILY SNOW... AND REPORTS OF SOME BIG SNOWFLAKES... BUT ANY ACCUMULATIONS ARE GENERALLY EXPECTED TO BE LESS THAN ONE INCH. STILL EXPECT STORM SYSTEM TO EXIT THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON... BUT BACK EDGE OF THE PRECIPITATION MAY LINGER FOR A LITTLE BIT. WILL CONTINUE TO EVALUATE THE TIMING ISSUES FOR TODAY. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 345 AM CST WED DEC 26 2007/ DISCUSSION... A COUPLE OF STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. THE FIRST ONE CURRENTLY MOVING INTO WEST TEXAS WILL CONT TO PUSH EAST TODAY... BRINGING A CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW TO THE AREA. THE HIGHEST PRECIP CHANCES WILL BE THIS MORNING INTO THE EARLY AFTN HOURS... MAINLY SOUTH IF I-40. GFS BUFR SOUNDING SUGGEST MUCH OF THE PRECIP DURING THE MORNING HOURS WILL FALL AS LIGHT SNOW. HOWEVER WILL CONT TO SHOW MIX ACROSS SE/SC OK AND PORTIONS OF WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. COULD SEE SOME LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS EVEN THOUGH PRECIP EPISODE WILL BE SHORT-LIVED... SOME AREAS COULD GET A BURST OF SNOW THAT COULD ACCUMULATE. THIS WOULD MAINLY BE ON ELEVATED AND GRASSY SFC. DO NOT ANTICIPATE ANY HEADLINES AT THIS POINT AND WILL LIKELY CONT TO ISSUE SPS TO ADDRESS TODAYS EXPECTED PRECIP. MID LEVEL WAVE WILL MOVE ON BY THIS AFTN BRINGING PRECIP TO AN END... HOWEVER LOW CLOUDS MAY BE PERSISTENT ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN SECTIONS INTO THE EVENING HOURS. NEXT SYSTEM WILL DROP SE OUT OF PACIFIC NW TRAVERSING THE SOUTHERN PLAINS LATE THU AND THU NIGHT. THIS ONE TAKES A TRACK SLIGHTLY FURTHER NORTH THAN THE ONE TODAY. HIGHEST POPS WILL REMAIN ACROSS FAR NORTHERN OK AS DRY SLOT MAY LIMIT PRECIP FURTHER SOUTH. POSSIBILITY OF SOME ACCUMULATING SNOW DOES EXIST ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHERN OK THU NIGHT. ADDITIONAL DISTURBANCES MOVE THROUGH THE AREA OVER THE WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK... BUT AT THIS POINT MOISTURE WILL BE LIMITED WITH THESE AND NO OTHER POPS WERE ADDED TO THE FORECAST. SURFACE COLD FRONTS WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE SYSTEMS... WHICH WILL KEEP TEMPS BELOW NORMAL MOST DAYS INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. HOWEVER MOST OF THESE FRONTS USHER A MORE PACIFIC OR PACIFIC/CANADIAN AIRMASS INTO THE AREA AND NO TRULY ARCTIC AIR. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... OKLAHOMA CITY OK 37 27 42 29 / 50 10 10 30 HOBART OK 40 26 45 27 / 40 10 20 20 WICHITA FALLS TX 43 28 49 31 / 50 10 10 10 GAGE OK 38 20 37 21 / 20 10 40 40 PONCA CITY OK 36 24 39 28 / 40 10 20 60 DURANT OK 40 29 47 36 / 80 10 10 10 && .OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OK...NONE. TX...NONE. && 99/99
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
630 AM CST WED DEC 26 2007
OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-261800-
HARPER-WOODS-ALFALFA-GRANT-KAY-ELLIS-WOODWARD-MAJOR-GARFIELD-NOBLE-
ROGER MILLS-DEWEY-CUSTER-BLAINE-KINGFISHER-LOGAN-PAYNE-BECKHAM-
WASHITA-CADDO-CANADIAN-OKLAHOMA-LINCOLN-GRADY-MCCLAIN-CLEVELAND-
POTTAWATOMIE-SEMINOLE-HUGHES-HARMON-GREER-KIOWA-JACKSON-TILLMAN-
COMANCHE-STEPHENS-GARVIN-MURRAY-PONTOTOC-COAL-COTTON-JEFFERSON-
CARTER-JOHNSTON-ATOKA-LOVE-MARSHALL-BRYAN-HARDEMAN-FOARD-WILBARGER-
WICHITA-KNOX-BAYLOR-ARCHER-CLAY-
630 AM CST WED DEC 26 2007
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK COVERS NORTHERN...WESTERN...
CENTRAL...AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED.
DISCUSSION...
A STABLE AIRMASS WILL PREVAIL.
PROBABILITY TABLE...
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CST THURSDAY DEC 27.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA...ZERO PERCENT.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
LIGHT RAIN AND SNOW TODAY IS EXPECTED TO MAKE MINIMAL IMPACTS ACROSS
SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
MULTIPLE UPPER LEVEL TROUGHS WILL PASS THROUGH OKLAHOMA AND NORTH
TEXAS DURING THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS. LOW LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN
STABLE...PREVENTING THUNDERSTORM FORMATION.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 2 INCHES MAY OCCUR THURSDAY NIGHT WITH THE
NEXT UPPER STORM SYSTEM.
THE NEXT SCHEDULED HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED AT
NOON.PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1040 AM CST WED DEC 26 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1010 AM SNOW PAULS VALLEY 34.74N 97.22W
12/26/2007 E0.5 INCH GARVIN OK PUBLIC
MODERATE SNOW
1030 AM SNOW ADA 34.78N 96.66W
12/26/2007 E1.5 INCH PONTOTOC OK FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
1 TO 1.5 INCHES
1030 AM SNOW 1 S BYNG 34.85N 96.66W
12/26/2007 E1.5 INCH PONTOTOC OK PUBLIC
1035 AM SNOW STONEWALL 34.65N 96.53W
12/26/2007 E1.0 INCH PONTOTOC OK EMERGENCY MNGR
&&
DWPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1049 AM CST WED DEC 26 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1042 AM SNOW 5 S WEWOKA 35.07N 96.50W
12/26/2007 E1.0 INCH SEMINOLE OK CO-OP OBSERVER
1045 AM SNOW SHAWNEE 35.34N 96.92W
12/26/2007 E1.0 INCH POTTAWATOMIE OK PUBLIC
1045 AM SNOW SEMINOLE 35.23N 96.67W
12/26/2007 E1.0 INCH SEMINOLE OK FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
&&
DWPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1053 AM CST WED DEC 26 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1045 AM SNOW HOLDENVILLE 35.08N 96.40W
12/26/2007 E0.5 INCH HUGHES OK AIRPLANE PILOT
&&
DWThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
10 winter weather, 2 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
The area near the Twin Lakes WSR-88D received two inches of snow.
A measured amount of 1.5 inches of snow fell at the National Weather Center.
A measured snow amount of 2.0 inches fell in Noble.
One inch of snow fell in Chandler.
An estimated three inches of snow fell in Prague.
An estimated 2.5 inches of snow fell 5 miles west of Meeker.
A half of an inch of snow fell in Pauls Valley.
Although most locations only reported one to two inches of snow accumulation, a narrow swath of 4 to 6 inches was reported in and around the Seminole area. Travel was obviously slowed in this area, but no accidents were reported.
Although most locations only reported one to three inches of snow accumulation, isolated location near Maud and Shawnee reported 5 to 6 inches. Numerous accidents were reported in these areas, but no injuries were reported. Monetary damages were estimated.
A half of an inch of snow fell in Holdenville.
Two inches of snow was reported in Ada.
An estimated two inches of snow fell in Ada.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Oklahoma in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather historyWarnings in Oklahoma, December 2007
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 72367, 72369, 72370, 72371, 72372, 72373, 72374, 72969, 72970, 72971, 72972, 72368.